[10:52]  * enyc was about to ask question then answered itself ... "rolling HWE kernel model" =)
[10:53] <enyc> http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-2-lts-lands-january-19-2017-with-ubuntu-16-10-s-linux-4-8-kernel-510572.shtml
[10:53] <enyc> Though I note 4.9 is the kernel.org LTS version, not 4.8 ....
[10:54] <k1l_> doesnt matter. ubuntu got a own kernel team doing the support for the time
[10:54] <k1l_> look hat here to understand what this HWE is about: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2FSupport.A16.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support
[10:55] <k1l_> the change is now, that you cant stay on that 16.10 backports kernel anymore. you are upgraded to the 17.04 bakcports kernel on 16.04.3 automatically.
[10:56] <enyc> k1l_: that page and linuxd page don't appear to say what GA actually stands for, just what it effectively is
[10:57] <k1l_> GA?
[10:59] <enyc> k1l_: "The Release Team has also agreed that for 16.04 server images, they will offer both the GA and HWE Kernels."
[11:00] <enyc> "The Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release ships with a standard Ubuntu v4.4 kernel. It is commonly referred to as the GA kernel and is supported "
[11:00] <enyc> GA looks suspiciously like an acronym ;p
[11:00] <k1l_> the original 16.04 kernel
[11:02] <k1l_> if you look at the link i showed you you will see the difference from 16.04 compared to the LTS releases before
[11:02] <enyc> yes it does
[11:02] <enyc> but it doesn't say what G and A actualyl stood for anywhere
[11:31] <DJones> enyc: GA = General Availability
[11:32] <DJones> From http://askubuntu.com/questions/248914/what-is-hardware-enablement-hwe "Ubuntu will offer at least two kernels: the General Availability (GA) kernel, i.e. the most stable kernel, which does not get updated to point releases; and the Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel"